** About Us **
The Bennett Health Care Centre is a long term care facility that is home to 66 residents. Staff provide loving care in a homelike setting featuring pets, plants, and a wide array of recreational activities. Residents enjoy meals in a lovely solarium overlooking a beautifully landscaped garden courtyard in a quiet rural setting.
Located west of Toronto in Georgetown, Ontario, only ten minutes from the 401 and Trafalgar Road exit, the facility lies in a safe residential area that is minutes from downtown Georgetown.
Independently operated, the Bennett Centre is located adjacent to the Georgetown Hospital. Having immediate access to emergency care at the hospital is a great benefit to Bennett residents.
** Mission & Philosophy **
** Mission Statement **
"To be the community leader in the provision of high quality, safe housing, long term care and services for seniors and people with special needs in an integrated campus setting."
** Philosophy of Care **
We will enhance the quality of life for all our residents in a supportive, safe and caring environment because.
* We believe in the intrinsic worth of individuals and their unique life
experiences.
* We believe in a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to the care of long
term care residents, including the importance of family and friends.
* We believe that each resident has the right to be treated with dignity and
respect.
* We believe in each resident's right to privacy and confidentiality.
* We believe in helping residents achieve an optimal level of function.
* We believe in each resident's right to self determination and education with
respect to their plan of care.
* We believe that continuous quality improvement is essential in order to
provide high quality, safe care and to meet the needs of each resident.
History Of Bennett Health Care Centre
** History **
Previously operated as a chronic care wing of the Georgetown Hospital and then as a retirement home, the Bennett Centre opened as a 65 bed long term care facility in 1999. Its governing board is drawn from the community and runs the center independently of the hospital, from which it rents the space.
The Bennett is named for Ballinafad residents Stewart and Lettie Bennett, past owners of Scotsdale farm north of Georgetown on Trafalgar Road.
Stewart Bennett was President of Beardmore Tannery in Acton, Vice President of Canada Packers, and President of the Royal Winter Fair. Following a stroke in 1978, Stewart was impressed with the attention he received at Georgetown Hospital. Lettie, who drove to his bedside daily for weeks, said she came to think of the hospital's wonderful staff as "family." Shortly after the Bennetts died within weeks of each other in 1982, delighted hospital officials learned of their generous bequest of $1,335,000. Concerned that Seniors had to travel outside the community for long term care, funds from the bequest were designated to address their needs.
The Bennett Centre became independent of the hospital in 1998, but the tradition of family-like care continues.
